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Artists Collaborative Theatre (ACT) in Elkhorn City, KY is proud to announce the opening of its first 2017-2018 show—Calendar Girls! This later-in-life comedy is based on the true events that unfolded among a group of middle and later aged English women living in Yorkshire. The play, adapted from the award-winning 2003 film of the same name, was written by Tim Firth. ACT is excited to stage this ...read more

SOAR, UPIKE to host free substance use disorder education event for healthcare providers, medical students on October 3PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Shaping Our Appalachian Region, Inc. (SOAR) Healthy Communities is partnering with the University of Pikeville-Kentucky (UPIKE) College of Osteopathic Medicine (KYCOM) to host a substance use disorder education event on Tuesday, October 3. The event will take ...read more

The Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce (SEKC) hosted the 10th Annual Links for Learning Golf Scramble on September 15th at Raven Rock Golf Course in Jenkins, Ky. The event raised over $6,000 for the Chamber’s Foundation for Education.
The Foundation for Education awards $5,000 annually in grants to schools within the Chamber’s eight county region. More than $45,000 has been awarded since the ...read more

Hospital, media company to hold Hurricane Relief radio-telethon Sept. 14
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Images of the destruction caused along the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Harvey, and fears of what an even more powerful Hurricane Irma might do in Florida, have many people in Eastern Kentucky wanting to help those who have lost so much.
Next week, they will have a chance to do exactly that, when Pikeville ...read more

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – The East Kentucky Science Center and Varia Planetarium (EKSC) hosted a solar eclipse event to celebrate the All American Solar Eclipse on August 21st with over 5000 in attendance.
The All American Solar Eclipse was the first Total Solar Eclipse visible in North America since 1979 and Kentucky was one of the states to experience totality, meaning all of the sun was covered ...read more

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – Big Sandy Community and Technical College kicked off their fall 2017 semester on August 15th and 16th with welcome back events on all campuses to celebrate.
“We wanted to welcome the students back to campus and help them start their semester off right” said Tina Terry, Student Activities and Retention.
All campus locations hosted cookouts, club membership drives, games and ...read more

HAGER HILL, Ky. – Big Sandy Community and Technical Colleges CDL program was recently named a Schneider Preferred Training Provider.
Schneider Trucking Company started in 1935 in Green Bay Wisconsin by Al Schneider and has since grown to employee over 17,000 employees. The company hauls 21,000 loads per day and travels over 9 million miles.
“We are very proud to be named a Schneider Preferred ...read more